Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-10
THE NEWS.

found guilty.
Local option was defeated last week
at Logan, O., by 90 votes.
Assistant Secretary Fairchild is likely
to succeed Secretary Manning.
Wm G Lee. Alton, Ill, was killed by
Wednesday of last week.
The treasurer's office in Indiana is to
be Investigated by a legislative COM
mittee.
Geo. De B. KeiD has been nominated
by the Democrats of Philadelphia, for
Mayor.
The CinciuDati Sun has ceased t.
shine, having discon'.' 40 publication
yesterday.
Boston capitalists nave bought tb.
ebuire S, rect car sysSe Ill Iu MinDedpons
tor S5,c00O00.
Dap.el SCHNEIDER. NJ, PhIl delphia,
D. wU'tlei 'Inaeif cf"z! or :"e var
5i;k aiih Canada.
II " H@mIltcn. uf LrgAu county, O.,
ri'rk ia tue Treasury al, uitnt, nlrG
at " dshiI gtnii, last wees.
Harry " GETTY a as tour .itad on the
grave VI his ar,ther, Uear Ne~ Y TX
CI Y, gasirR couImlI.ed suicide.
;L.ry Baker. Wbi.e county. Ind l'as
C, - 4ie;ed the 'Gr-huudrtdtn nay - g
fast Death is mumentarilv expec; eu.
The President is receiving ID great
many prot, sIs against the hill to peusIon
needy VeteFars aud dependent parents.
The owner of toe Miil-r car>cuupier
las began a suit for infringement
:, .ainst the Pennsylvania railroad for
100000.
Last week. Miss Nina Van Zandt and
August Spies were married by proxy, 4
resenting hlm at the ceremony.
The President has accepted the resig-
naticp of Gen p NJ B Young. of Georgia,
Consul General at st. Petersburg, but
has not yet selected his successor.
Hon Theo. Cook, of Cincinnati, has
been appointed one of committee OF
three to inspect sixty miles of railroad
constructed 10y the Central Pacific road
John Liston. horse dealer of Iron'
ton, O.. shot and killed his brotheI-in
law, Mr.. Ekins. in saloon. Liston
says the killing was done in self-defense
A company with a million dollars cap
ital has been organized to supply the
entire Connellsville (Pa) district with
gas. The main line will be five miles
long.
While Henry Boobe was trying tt
rescue stock from his barn at Vincennes
Ind, which had been struck by light.
ming, be was kicked by a mule and
killed.
The Alabama House of Representa-,
tives has passed bill making the keep
ing of a gambling house felony, pun
isbable by imprisonment in the peni'
tentiary.
Fanny Davenport intrusted $50 ,O0(
worth of jewels to the care Of Mem
phis hotel clerk. That official disap'
peared with the jewelry and S120 of th'
hotels money.
At Newark, on Wednesday evening
Baltimore & Ohio freight trains came il
collision, causing damage to the exten
of $4,000. Snodgrass, brakeman, Wal
seriously injured.
Rev " Y W Davis, pastor of the Eu
cid Avenue Presbyterian church, a
Cleveland. has resigned TO accept cal
extended by the { ms rgatioual church
of Worcester, Mass.
Julius Han.ey. a settler living Lhirt,
miles from Chrhoygan. Mich, was foub'
! in his cabin in diving coalition frun
the effects Of injuries received in an en
counter with a bear.
| Twenty-fnur new inGic mehts hav
been found by the gtaUd jury at 81
| LnuIs, ag gaiTSt rs many peTsnns charges
ai' h crm mitting frauds at the election
in that city last fall.
Father c Jean, Of Lyons, I"wa. ha
beeD awarded 100000 damages agains
| Bishop Hennesy, of Dubuque. @ho de
pnsed bin frnm the rectorship of Irene
J srish fifteen ye: IS ago.
The cases of Granville the MoL,s 10
erYs. Maraiott and Horne, indicted ol
ichatges of forging the Columbus tally
isheetS i'll 1885, nave been taken Uut q
.be hands vi Judge Wylie by lega
.echnicaiity.
Railrn2d com panies having beadquar
Iers In Milwaukee have recently mad
out, by request of the War Department
a list of their rolling stock aud state
ment of their ability to convey troops {
points on their lines The statement
we're sent to the War Department a
Washington.
The State Industrial School at Roches
ter, N. Y, was destroyed by fire Wed
Inefday night. Loss, 100000. Grea
loss of life was was but narrowly avert
ed. The remains of Mrs P ] Van Ho
sen was discovered In the ruins of th
female department. She was 35 year
of age and was employed in the laundr
department.
A company with capital of $4,000,
900 has been organized to undertake tn
construction of a submarine tunnel be
tween Prince Edward Island and New
Brunswick, provided the governmen
will guarantee four per cent. interest o
the expenditure. 1t is claimed that tn
tunnel will shorten the distance betwee
Liverpool aud Canadian ports by sew